Title 34.1, Title 34.1 — Uniform Commercial Code
10 chapters · 511 sections in this title.
W.S. § 34.1-9-101 Short title
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Short title. This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions.
W.S. § 34.1-9-102 Definitions and index of definitions
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Definitions and index of definitions. (a) In this article: (i) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost; (ii) "Account", except as used in "account for", means a right to payment of a …
W.S. § 34.1-9-103 Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing
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Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing. (a) In this section: (i) "Purchase-money collateral" means goods or software that secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with respect to that collateral; and (ii) "Purchase-money obligation" …
W.S. § 34.1-9-103A "Production-money crops"; "production-money obligation"; production-money security interest; burden of establishing
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"Production-money crops"; "production-money obligation"; production-money security interest; burden of establishing. (a) A security interest in crops is a production-money security interest to the extent that the crops are production-money crops. (b) If the extent to which a secu…
W.S. § 34.1-9-104 Control of deposit account
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Control of deposit account. (a) A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (i) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained; (ii) The debtor, secured party and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instr…
W.S. § 34.1-9-105 Control of electronic chattel paper
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Control of electronic chattel paper. (a) A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interest in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned. (b) A s…
W.S. § 34.1-9-106 Control of investment property
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Control of investment property. (a) A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security or security entitlement as provided in section 34.1-8-106. (b) A secured party has control of a commodity contract if: (i) The secured party is the commodity intermediary …
W.S. § 34.1-9-107 Control of letter-of-credit right
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Control of letter-of-credit right. A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of the letter of cred…
W.S. § 34.1-9-108 Sufficiency of description
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Sufficiency of description. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d) and (e), a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)…
W.S. § 34.1-9-109 Scope
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Scope. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), this article applies to: (i) A transaction, regardless of its form, that creates a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract; (ii) An agricultural lien; (iii) A sale of accounts, chattel pape…
W.S. § 34.1-9-110 Security interests arising under article 2 or 2A
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Security interests arising under article 2 or 2A. (a) A security interest arising under section 34.1-2-401, 34.1-2-505, 34.1-2-711(c) or 34.1-2A-508(e) is subject to this article. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods: (i) The security interest is enforceable,…
W.S. § 34.1-9-201 General effectiveness of security agreement
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General effectiveness of security agreement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors. (b) A transaction subject to this article is sub…
W.S. § 34.1-9-202 Title to collateral immaterial
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Title to collateral immaterial. Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, the provisions of this article with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the…
W.S. § 34.1-9-203 Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites
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Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites. (a) A security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against the debtor with respect to the collateral, unless an agreement expressly postpones the time …
W.S. § 34.1-9-204 After-acquired property; future advances
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After-acquired property; future advances. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-acquired collateral. (b) A security interest does not attach under a term constituting an after-acquired prope…
W.S. § 34.1-9-205 Use or disposition of collateral permissible
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Use or disposition of collateral permissible. (a) A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because: (i) The debtor has the right or ability to: (A) Use, commingle or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods…
W.S. § 34.1-9-206 Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset
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Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset. (a) A security interest in favor of a securities intermediary attaches to a person's security entitlement if: (i) The person buys a financial asset through the securities intermediary in a transaction in which …
W.S. § 34.1-9-207 Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral
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Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party's possession. In the case of chattel pap…
W.S. § 34.1-9-208 Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral
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Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral. (a) This section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding secured obligation and the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value. (b) Within ten (10) days afte…
W.S. § 34.1-9-209 Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment
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Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), this section applies if: (i) There is no outstanding secured obligation; and (ii) The secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations …
W.S. § 34.1-9-210 Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account
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Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account. (a) In this section: (i) "Request" means a record of a type described in paragraph (ii), (iii) or (iv); (ii) "Request for an accounting" means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that …
W.S. § 34.1-9-301 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests
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Law governing perfection and priority of security interests. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 34.1-9-303 through 34.1-9-306, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest …
W.S. § 34.1-9-302 Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens
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Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens. While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of an agricultural lien on the farm products.
W.S. § 34.1-9-303 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title
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Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title. (a) This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods …
W.S. § 34.1-9-304 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts
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Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts. (a) The local law of a bank's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank. (b) T…
W.S. § 34.1-9-305 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property
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Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the following rules apply: (i) While a security certificate is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection,…
W.S. § 34.1-9-306 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights
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Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the local law of the issuer's jurisdiction or a nominated person's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of…
W.S. § 34.1-9-307 Location of debtor
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Location of debtor. (a) In this section, "place of business" means a place where a debtor conducts its affairs. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following rules determine a debtor's location: (i) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual's pr…
W.S. § 34.1-9-308 When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection
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When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 34.1-9-309, a security interest is perfected if it has attached and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in sections 34.1-…
W.S. § 34.1-9-309 Security interest perfected upon attachment
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Security interest perfected upon attachment. (a) The following security interests are perfected when they attach: (i) A purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-311(b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a s…
W.S. § 34.1-9-310 When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply
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When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and section 34.1-9-312(b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect …
W.S. § 34.1-9-311 Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties
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Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to: (i) A s…
W.S. § 34.1-9-312 Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and money; perfection by permissiv
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Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary perfection without filing or transfer of possession. (a) A s…
W.S. § 34.1-9-313 When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing
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When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a secured party may perfect a security interest in tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money or tangible chattel paper by …
W.S. § 34.1-9-314 Perfection by control
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Perfection by control. (a) A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, electronic chattel paper or electronic documents may be perfected by control of the collateral under section 34.1-7-106, 34.1-9-104, 34.1-9-105, 34.1-9-106 or 34.1-9-…
W.S. § 34.1-9-315 Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds
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Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and in section 34.1-2-403(b): (i) A security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposi…
W.S. § 34.1-9-316 Effect of change in governing law
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Effect of change in governing law. (a) A security interest perfected pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in section 34.1-9-301(a)(i) or 34.1-9-305(c) remains perfected until the earliest of: (i) The time perfection would have ceased under the law of that jurisdicti…
W.S. § 34.1-9-317 Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien
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Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien. (a) A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of: (i) A person entitled to priority under section 34.1-9-322; and (ii) Except as otherwise provided in subsection …
W.S. § 34.1-9-318 No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers
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No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers. (a) A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable…
W.S. § 34.1-9-319 Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers
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Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the co…
W.S. § 34.1-9-320 Buyer of goods
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Buyer of goods. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer's seller, even if the security …
W.S. § 34.1-9-321 Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business
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Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business. (a) In this section, "licensee in ordinary course of business" means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights o…
W.S. § 34.1-9-322 Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral
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Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rul…
W.S. § 34.1-9-323 Future advances
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Future advances. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under section 34.1-9-322(a)(i), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the securit…
W.S. § 34.1-9-324 Priority of purchase-money security interests
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Priority of purchase-money security interests. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in goods other than inventory or livestock has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same goods, and, except as otherwise…
W.S. § 34.1-9-324A Priority of production-money security interests and agricultural liens
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Priority of production-money security interests and agricultural liens. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d) and (e), if the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, a perfected production-money security interest in production-money crops has priority ove…
W.S. § 34.1-9-325 Priority of security interests in transferred collateral
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Priority of security interests in transferred collateral. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if: (i) The debtor acquired the collateral …
W.S. § 34.1-9-326 Priority of security interests created by new debtor
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Priority of security interests created by new debtor. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that would be ineffective t…
W.S. § 34.1-9-327 Priority of security interests in deposit account
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Priority of security interests in deposit account. (a) The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account: (i) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under section 34.1-9-104 has priority…
W.S. § 34.1-9-328 Priority of security interests in investment property
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Priority of security interests in investment property. (a) The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (i) A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under section 34.1-9-106 has …